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within which man can progress; hecannot [exceed the boundaries of] hissphere. Within one’s own sphere ofcapacity, in accordance with his sacrifice,his sincerity, his love for Allāh andardent love for the Holy Prophet sa , he canreach the peak of his sphere of capacityand capability. And, whosoever in thiseffort and struggle, through prayers,turning to God with humble and earnestsupplications beseeches Khair (goodness)from Him and then gets it, he receivesit through the spiritual beneficence ofthe Holy Prophet sa . And, he is the HolyProphet’s Khalīfah and vicegerent to thatextent, because the people benefit fromhim onwards.As far as the Holy Prophet sa is concerned,he is that grand personality about whomit is said (in the Holy Qur’ān):“Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to deathbecause they believe not.” (26:4)You have enmity towards none. Youare even prepared to sacrifice yourlife for your worst enemy so that theybecome believers and secure themselvesfrom the wrath and vengeance of God.Hence, whoeverachieves anythingof the spiritualbeneficence of theHoly Prophet sacan never confinehimself to his ownplace and keep theKhair (goodness)he has achievedconfined to himself,rather he pushes itfurther and makesothers partakersof that Khair(goodness). Hebenefitted others of the Khair (goodness)because to some extent within a spherehe held Muḥammad sa as the bestmodel, then how can he keep that Khair(goodness) for himself alone.holy Prophet’s sa excellent exampleDuring the battle of the Ditch there was alot of food deficiency that occurred, andthe Holy Prophet sa and his companionswere terribly affected by hunger. Theirancestors had the experience that if oneis suffering with hunger and is emptyof stomach, then there is a way to wardoff the suffering of the stomach, whichone bears due to the empty stomach, byputting a stone on the stomach and tyingit tightly with a cloth. The stone tied withcloth would press the stomach and thefeeling of hunger would not be as intense.In short, when such was the conditiondue to hunger, a person approached theHoly Prophet sa and said: “Yā Rasūlallāh(O Messenger of Allāh) the situation hasexceeded the bounds, our trouble hasreached its climax; we do not find foodand the army of the disbelievers haveencircled us. We were getting provisionsfrom abroad and these avenues havebeen closed.” Removing the cloth fromhis belly he said, “See to what extent weare suffering, we are forced to tie stonesto our bellies.” Then, Rasūlullāh said,“Now see this too,” and when he removedthe cloth from his belly there were twostones tied on his stomach compared tothe one stone of that person.During this same time of hunger, acompanion ra who had some flour in thehouse and a baby goat, slaughtered thebaby goat and after cleaning it told hiswife to prepare food and meanwhile hewould whisper into the ear of the HolyProphet sa that he was inviting him todinner which was ready and that heshould come to eat.He went to him and knowing that thatfood could hardly suffice for ten tofifteen persons, whispered to the HolyIt is a fact that when a Munafiq (hypocrite) saysthat the Promised Messiah as was a Mujaddid andanother Mujaddid would come at the head ofcentury, he belittles the position of the PromisedMessiahas. But listen, he was not only Mujaddid, hewas also Messiah, he was Mahdī, he was the Imāmof the last age and he was also the Mujaddid for thefinal millennium.Prophet sa : “Yā Rasūlallāh there is a smallquantity of food ready in my house,please come in and eat it.” When heheard this (notice his best example inresponse) he announced: “O people thisperson has invited us to dinner, let us goand eat.” Even in this condition when hehad stones tied on his stomach, he didnot go alone. He takes other people alongwith him. I am telling you, that whoeverachieves anything of the bounty of theHoly Prophet sa , try to understand abouthim that he cannot confine it to himself,he had to make others share with himat all costs. Consequently, when theHoly Prophet sa made the announcement,many people who could go, got ready toaccompany him. He (the Holy Prophet sa )said to the companion ra , “Return to yourhouse and tell your wife that she shouldnot pour the soup meal into plates andlet it remain in the pot until I come andshe should even hold off making theflatbread.” The man ran to the houseand told his wife, “Do not to touch thesoup and leave the dough as it is. TheHoly Prophet sa is coming.” He thought tohimself, heaven knows what will happen;the Holy Prophet sa has invited one and allto come and eat.Anyhow, the Holy Prophet sa arrived andprayed (for the blessings) over the soupand the dough, and then he started todistribute it with his own hand. Lo andbehold, the soup sufficed and the breadas well. In ordinary circumstances, itcould not have sufficed. It is the power ofGod and He did show a sign.A huge Army of Khulafā’So, I am telling you that a person, whoachieved bounty from the Holy Prophet sa ,how can he confine it to himself like amiserly person? A man who is saturatedby the generosity of the great generousman sa , whose extent of generosity cannotbe perceived, and he achieved somethingacting upon his example, would certainlydistribute this bounty further. And, whenhe would distribute,he would do soas a vicegerent.He would notdistribute it fromhimself and tothis extent hebecomes a Khalīfah.It means that thearmyof Khulafā’is in hundreds ofthousandswho,attainingthebounty from theHolyProphetsa ,push it further.The second promisein Ayat Istikhlāf is of those who are saints,and as I did explain they are not fewin number. For instance, it is said thatthere were such number of great saintsof God during the time of Ḥaḍrat ‘UmarBin ‘Abdul ‘Azīz that they cannot becounted. The Promised Messiah as has saidthat there used to be simultaneously 400prophets in the Ummah of Ḥaḍrat Mūsā asfor the regeneration of their religion.Ummah-e-Muḥammadiyya is an Ummahof great latitudes, and it is to spread allover the world, hence, in it there shouldbe thousands in comparison of hundreds.Therefore, they are all Khulafā’.And regarding Khulafā’, he said,kamā has come for resemblance inkamastakhlafalladhīna min qabli-him. Itmeans, as there had been 400 prophets18 Khilāfat And Mujaddidīyat - An Exposition
at one and the same time in the UmmahiMūswiya, likewise there would be Khulafā’-e-Muḥammad numbering far more than400, who would be serving the religion;and since they have to regenerate thereligion, they would thus be Mujaddidalso. Hence, the Promised Messiah as haswritten that each prophet is Mujaddid,but each Mujaddid cannot be a prophet.The majority of the Ummah as Khulafā’of Muḥammad sa for regenerating thereligion to a smaller degree are alsoMujaddidīn, because they regeneratethe religion, but they did not becomeprophets.At this time, we are experiencing theregime of the third Khalīfah in Jamā‘atAḥmadīyya. The two Khulafā’ before meand myself are of united opinion thateach Khalīfah is also a Mujaddid, but eachMujaddid is not a Khalīfah, because Khilāfathas a far higher rank than a Mujaddidwho is not a Khalīfah–in the meaning wecall Khilāfat-e-Rāshidah (Rightly GuidedKhilāfat). The Holy Prophet sa said, firstthere would be Khulafā’, then monarchyshall start, and again, in the last daysthere would come the age of Khulafā’alà min-hāji nabūwwat –on the patternof prophethood. Saying this, the HolyProphet sa became silent, which meansthis chain (of Khulafā’) would extendto Qiyāmat –the Day of Judgement. Wetake this meaning of his silence becausethe Promised Messiah as understood it tomean the same.In one respect, everyone receivingbeneficence from the Holy Prophet sa ishis vicegerent, according to the AyatIstikhlāf, and this is termed Khalīfah. Inone other respect, in comparison withthe prophets of the Israelites, those whoachieved the rewards of prophethoodare Khulafā’ in Ummah-e-Muḥammadiyyawho are greater in number than thosein Ummah-e-Mūswiya. It is the secondchain of Khilāfat. And, there is a thirdchain of Khilāfat and this third chain ofKhilāfat is this, as the Promised Messiah ashas said that in this chain of Khilāfat,God, the Exalted, after enumerating hastold us that there are thirteen Khulafā’.There had been thirteen in UmmahiMūswiya (Israelites) after Ḥaḍrat Mūsā asand similarly there had been thirteen inUmmahi Muḥammadiyya after the HolyProphet sa . And of thirteen, the PromisedMessiah is the thirteenth and the final.And this is a separate chain of Khilāfat.He said: “I am the Mujaddid of the lastmillennium. I am Imām of the last age.I am Adam of the final millennium.”Using different words he has shown hisposition. Hence, in this chain of KhilāfatKhilāfat And Mujaddidīyat - An Expositionthere are thirteen Khulafā’ and thereis none as the fourteenth one. There isno scope for him. Of course, comparedto the prophets of the Israelites therewould continue to come Khulafā’ ofMuḥammad sa in thousands. They wouldhave the rewards of prophethood but notthe position of prophethood.the need for unityAs I have pointed out, the battle ofIslām fought today requires unity andunanimity. Hence, there should be suchunity within the Jamā‘at that is devoid ofany strain of dissention. To combat thesatanic machinations and plans, projectsand schemes, having perfect unanimityare required. It should not be like puttingsome pressure from one side and somefrom the other.In order to establish this unanimity, God,the Exalted told the Promised Messiah as ,that: I will establish a chain of Khilāfatafter you such that will continue untilQiyāmat. (I am not reading any extract ofthe Promised Messiah as , rather relating itmore or less in my own words, therefore,it is possible there may occur somedifference in the text of the words. Hesaid something to this effect). He as stated:I am the manifestation of the powerof God. God, the Exalted has shown themanifestation of His Mighty Power at myhand, and after I am gone, God wouldmanifest His Mighty Power through someother persons, and it is the manifestationof God’s power. It is the power of Godthat He has established an order to makeIslām dominant. He said, A Mighty Poweryou shall be getting after me, it would beeverlasting, of which the chain shall notbreak until the Day of Qiyāmat.Then, he said at another place that whenthe time of Qiyāmat comes it would beQiyāmat on the progeny of Adam andthe progeny of our Adam will perish.I will relate a gist of it; you listen to itand remember it. He said that in thisinhabited world–on this our earth, therehad not been created one Adam, ratherthere had been scores, hundreds andthousands of Adams prior to our Adam. Itis the law of God in force that the periodof each Adam is of seven thousand years.It means, 7,000 years after the adventof each Adam his progeny meets theDoomsday. And if God wills, He createsanother Adam. Now we have enteredin the seventh millennium of the age ofthe progeny of our Adam. And this finalmillennium is of God and His Messiah.This millennium is of potentiality,goodness and of righteousness. Islāmwould dominate over all other religions.The period of Islām would start and afterit there is no scope for any Messiah tillthe Qiyāmat comes.Some people argue whether the powerof God in creating prophets would cease.The answer is, it is said there had beenin the progeny of our Adam 124,000 or,as some say, 120,000 prophets. If Qiyāmatcame over the progeny of this Adam,and another Adam came into being, thenthere would be created another 124,000prophets. Hence, it is the power of Godthat He creates prophets. This power ofHis has not ceased.No doubt the addressees of that Nubūwwatwould not be the sons of Adam who isour Adam, but the sons of Adam comingafter. We do not know nor do we haveany interest in it. We should take care ofourselves lest we invite the wrath of God.After this, we do not know whetherhundreds or thousands or one hundredthousand Adams would come in theworld. Nevertheless, if 100,000 Adamscome and we multiply 100,000 by 120,000,then 12,000,000,000 prophets appeared,hence, there can be no objection againstthe wisdom or act of God.But it is a fact that when a Munafiq(hypocrite) says that the PromisedMessiah as was a Mujaddid and anotherMujaddid would come at the head ofcentury, he belittles the position of thePromised Messiah as . But listen, he wasnot only Mujaddid, he was also Messiah,he was Mahdī, he was the Imām of thelast age and he was also the Mujaddidfor the final millennium. He was themost beloved of Muḥammad sa . And Godthe Exalted said to him that his age isextended to the Day of Qiyāmat. Hence,none can come to snatch away his regimefrom him, but of course one can comeas his servant. But God the Exalted hassaid that those who have to come as theservants of the Promised Messiah as , theyare the Khulafā’ of the true AḥmadīyyaMovement. They are enrolling into thearmy of the servants of the PromisedMessiah as and then the PromisedMessiah as along with his army of theentire servants is standing as Khadim inthe court of Muḥammad sa .Now we shall repeat the pledge afterwhich we shall pray, and then I shall sayAssalamu Alaikum and bid you farewell.May Allāh the Exalted be Protector andHelper of all of you during your journeyand at home.(Endnotes)1 This seminar was successfullyconcluded on June 4, 1978.19
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